This ⁦The Art Institute of Chicago⁩ pic always reminds me of my mom. Tired, but still on the job. Moms rock.

I’ve never done this before but this is not a normal moment.

This is an extraordinary piece of reporting nytimes.com/2025/07/11/mag…

Our paper on modeling and measuring systemic discrimination is out in the QJE this month! Check it out (ungated): academic.oup.com/qje/article/14…

Netanyahu cements claim as worst leader in Israeli history, causing tens of thousands of needless deaths+destruction of much of Gaza, deepening Israel's isolation, alienating American Dems+young voters, among others--w/very little to show for any of this. nytimes.com/2025/07/11/mag…

David was my friend for decades. His voice was an important one, built on a remarkable career from aide to Ronald Reagan to aide to Bill Clinton and beyond, a man of insight and integrity, a model of civility and perspicacity. Sending hugs to Ann. May his memory be a blessing.

For Father’s Day, my family bought me some physics books. The material is often hard. The writing style is admirably simple. Unlike in social science and the humanities, there are no brownie points for esoteric prose. Everyone knows it’s hard. The props go to simple explanation.

Harold Pollack It reminds me of a thing Yoav Shoham asked me on PhD visit day. He said, we don’t have much time, but I’m trying to understand who you are. So tell me a paper you wish you would have written. It’s a great question to ask even in other fields, what’s a thing you wish you did.

Mediocre pics from Starved Rock this morning, but did spot some bald eagles. I wish I had a more powerful lens for birds still in trees. Should have brought my Nikon superzoom camera.

Maybe the citizenship test would allow Impossible/Beyond products. It so, add a diet Dr Pepper, and I’m good….

Give me a minute. I know I dropped that fish somewhere...... Man--you're always doing that. We're expected at the Pot-luck in half an hour.

Economists argue for an American industrial policy to counter a China Shock 2.0. From David Autor and Gordon Hanson. nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opi…

Let's talk about mass clemency for January 6 violent and murderous insurrectionists, pardoned by autopen. You are part of a real scandal. Delete your account.

This thread by Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 is well worth your time There is a lot of nonsense spread about dyes, seed oils, and what a healthy diet looks like For many things, we actually have evidence! The real culprit in ultra processed foods is high amounts of sugar, salt and fat

Thank you to the Adam Gaynes Foundation for their support of the pediatric neurooncology program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (#CHAM)! Montefiore Pediatrics Suzette Oyeku, MD, MPH AudreyUongMD Sahba Ferdowsi DO (conciergedoc) Lauren Roth (she/her) Natasha Lightfoot 🇦🇬 PPS Tara Buckenmyer

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New article out in The Conversation U.S. with an outlook on US healthcare post OBBBA How 17M Americans enrolled in Medicaid and ACA plans could lose their health insurance by 2034 theconversation.com/how-17m-americ…